Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-07-08
Farm and Garden Notes.

Feed the young chicks early, late, and
often.
There are few plants that start from
seed as readily as lilacs.
A farmers wife whose hens have paid
we'll calls poultry the woman's friend.
The finest stalks of asparagus are raised
by giving the plants plenty of'room.
From analysis, oat straw appears to be,
as rule, superior to wheat straw for
feeding purposes.
Mineral fertilizers, notably mari, are
best for peach trees. Stable manure on
young trees is deleterious.
Foremost among birds that never do US
any harm are the wren and bluebird, ac-
cording to fruit grower.
Oats and peas sowed together, and fed
as soon as the crop is high enough to cut,
is convenient feed for COW or two on a
farm.
When fungus appears on roses, carna-
tions or other sodden plants sulphur ex-
posed to the hot sun is among the best
remedies.
Remember that sheep are close grazers
and ought not be turned on backward
pastures or on fields not well covered
with grass.
Lampblack mixed with strong vinegar
will mark the sheep so that it will remain
a year, and will not injure the wool as do
tar and pant.
Wire netting, two-inch mesh, is said
now to be cheaper than boards fol-
fencing poultry, and more easily ar.
ranged with less labor.
If stock of all kinds could have q
dark shelter to flee to in the hot part OF
the day, to get away from the flies, il
would be great saving.
Absorbents should be freely used tc
prevent standing water about the yard ol
barn cellar as a sanitary measure and {
saver of fertilizing material.
Some recommend to sow pasture land
with clover and a variety of grasses, thai
herds of cattle with different tastes may
separate over the entire pasture.
The common red clover is better thar
the large for general purposes. The lat
ter is difficult to cure, makes coarser hay
and is more apt to become musty.
Buttermilk is cheap food for the pigs
and they will always do we'll when but
termilk is made a portion of their food
but it should not be fed exclusively.
When a brood sow proves a good anC
careful mother keep her, and do not dis
card her for lighter and younger one
because the old is large and heavy.
Lettuce seed should be sowcd on
finely prepared bed, made rich, and tn
largest plants used as they grow, whicl
will avoid the necessity of transplant
ing.
Undertake to cultivate no more tha
YOU can manage well, and increase you
acres as you increase in ability, and you
acres and ability will advance step b
step.
If new grape vines are wanted, lay tn
last year wood in trench before tn
buds start much. Rub off half the bud
and FIJI gradually with mould as the shoot
grow.
1t is claimed that more damage is don
by the gentle bull than those that al
vicious, and the advice is to watch then
as the gentlest of bulls is treacherou
animal.
1t is too often forgotten that the teet
of aged animals, like those of old mer
are defective, and food should be groun
and made soft accordingly, in order
feed them with economy,
An exchange says if farmers will dro
soup-bean or two in each hill of pot
toes when they plant them the pesky po
tato bug will never bother them Thel
is a smell about the bean the beetles di
like.
+ If by the ensilage system, great
number of cows can be kept, the farm
will have larger area of land to be Gu
, tivated. Every acre of pasture that CT
be cultivated and made to yield a crc
, is gain.
With an ample supply of sweet, tel
{ der grass and clover, not only cattle ar
5 sheep, but hogs, would steadily lay c
, flesh and fat till the frost appears in Il